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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cush'ion-căp'i-tal, n. p. 326(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. Weale.Cush'ion-ēt, n. p. 326A little cushion.Cush'ion-y, a. p. 326Like a cushion; soft; pliable. “A bow-legged character, with a flat and cushiony nose.” Dickens.Cūsk, n. p. 326(Ichth.) A salt-water fish, Brosmius vulgaris, common on the coasts of Great Britain;—called also torsk. Storer.Cūsk'in, n. p. 326A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.] Nares.Cūsp, n. p. 326(Arch.) A projecting point in the foliation or other ornamentation of arches, panels, &c.; also, a pendant of a pointed arch. “Two cusps form a trefoil; three, a quaterfoil.” Gwilt. 2. (Astrol.) The…Cūsp'ā-ted, a. p. 326Ending in a point. [Obs.]Cūsped, a. p. 326Furnished with a cusp or cusps.Cūs'pi-dal, a. p. 326Ending in a point.Cūs'pi-dāte, v. t. p. 326To make pointed; to sharpen. [Obs.]Cŭs'pi-date or Cŭs'pi-dā'ted, a. p. 326(Bot.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.Cūs'pīs, n. p. 326A point; a sharp end.Cūs'tard, n. p. 326A dish composed of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.Custard-coffin p. 326a piece of raised pastry, or upper crust, which covers or coffins a custard. [Cant and obs.] Shak.Cŭs'tard-āp'ple, n. p. 326(Bot.) A plant, a species of the anona (A. squamosa), growing in the West Indies, whose fruit is of the size of a tennis-ball, of an orange color, containing a yellowish eatable pulp, of the…Cūs'tōde, n. p. 326Same as CUSTODIAN.Cus-tō'di-al, a. p. 326Relating to custody or guardianship.Cūs-tō′di-an, n. p. 326One who has care or custody, as of some public building, and the like; a keeper or superintendent.Cus-tō'di-an-ship, n. p. 326The office of a custodian, or that of which he has charge.Cus-tō'di-er, n. p. 326A keeper; a guardian. [Obs.]Cŭs'to-dy, n. p. 326A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security, especially, judicial or penal safe-keeping. Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak. 2. The condition or relation…Cūs'tom, n. p. 326Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage. Custom differeth from use as the cause from the effect, in that custom is by use and continuance…Cŭs'tom, v. t. p. 327To make familiar. [Obs.] 2. To pay custom for. These ships which, when you went, put out to sea, Are now returned and customed have their freight. Drayton.Cŭs'tom, v. i. p. 327To accustom. One morn I missed him on the customed hill. Gray.Cŭs'tom, n. p. 327The customary toll, tax, or tribute. Render, therefore, to all their dues, . . . custom to whom custom. Rom. xiii. 7. 2. (pl.) Duties imposed on commodities on their being imported into or exported…Cūs'tom-a-ble, a. p. 327Common; habitual; frequent. “After his customable fashion.” T. More. 2. Subject to the payment of duties called customs.Cŭs'tom-a-ble-ness, n. p. 327State or quality of being customable; conformity to custom; frequency.Cŭs'tom-a-bly, adv. p. 327According to custom; in a customary manner.Cŭs'tom-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 327In a customary manner; habitually.Cŭs'tom-a-ri-ness, n. p. 327Habitual use or practice; frequency; commonness. Gov. of the Tongue.Cŭs'tom-a-ry, a. p. 327According to custom; established by common usage; conventional. A formal customary attendance upon the offices of the church. South. Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak. 2. (Law.)…Cŭs'tom-a-ry, n. p. 327A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. Cowell.Cŭs'tom-er, n. p. 327One who collects customs or duties; a toll-gatherer. [Obs.] The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey-cloths. Hackluyt. 2. One who frequents…Cās'tom-house, n. p. 327The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.Cŭs'tom-shrŭnk, a. p. 327Having a diminished number of customers. [Obs.] Shak.Cŭs'tōs, n. p. 327A keeper; custodian; superintendent. [Obs.] Custos brevium (Law), the principal clerk of the Common Pleas.—Custos rotulorum, the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the…Cās'trel, n. p. 327An armor-bearer or esquire to a knight. 2. A vessel for holding wine. Ainsworth.Cŭs'tu-ma-ry, a. p. 327See CUSTOMARY.Cŭt, v. t. p. 327To separate the parts of with a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to wound; to notch with an edged tool; to divide; to sever. You must cut this flesh from off his breast: The law…Cŭt, v. i. p. 327To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. 2. To admit of incision or severance. 3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising…Cŭt, a. p. 327Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Obs.]Cŭt, n. p. 327An opening made with a sharp instrument; a cleft; a gash; a wound. 2. A stroke or blow with an edged instrument, or the like; hence, an injury or wound. 3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh…Cu-tā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 327Belonging to the skin, or cutis; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous eruption.Cútech, n. p. 327The same as CATECHU. 2. The spawn of the oyster.Cûtech'e-ry, n. p. 327A Hindoo hall of justice. Malcom.Cūte, a. p. 327Clever; sharp. [Colloq.]Cūte'ness, n. p. 327Acuteness; keenness. [Colloq.]Cŭt'-grăss, n. p. 327A kind of grass having rough or sharp-edged leaves.Cū'ti-cle, n. p. 327A thin, transparent, dry membrane, devoid of nerves and vessels, which covers all the surface of the body, except the parts which correspond to the nails; the scarf-skin; epidermis. Dunglison. 2.…Cu-tic'ū-lar, a. p. 327Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin.Cū'tis, n. p. 327(Anat.) A dense resisting membrane, of a flexible and extensible nature, which forms the general envelope of the body: it is next below the cuticle, and is often called the true skin.Cŭt'lass, n. p. 327A broad, curving sword, with but one cutting edge. See CURTAL-AX.Cūt'ler, n. p. 327One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.Cŭt'ler-y, n. p. 327The business of a cutler. 2. Edged or cutting instruments in general, or in the mass.Cŭt'let, n. p. 327A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling; generally a part of the rib with the meat belonging to it.Cŭt'ling, n. p. 327The art of making edged tools; cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.Cŭt'-ŏff, n. p. 327That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. 2. (Mach.) A contrivance in the steam-engine for cutting off the passage of steam from the steam-chest to the cylinder, when the piston…Cŭt'pūrse, n. p. 327One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents;—an act common when men wore purses at their girdles; hence, one who steals from the person; a thief; a robber; a pickpocket.Cut-tee', n. p. 327One who is cut, shunned, or avoided. [Slang.] Ogilvie. 2. A box to hold a weaver's quills. Simmonds.Cŭt'ter, n. p. 327One who cuts or hews. 2. An instrument used for cutting. 3. A fore tooth, that cuts, as distinguished from a grinder; an incisor. Ray. 4. (Naut.) (a.) A small boat used by ships of war. (b.) A vessel…